$20,145
Two Booklets with Watercolor Illustrations, Poetry, and Hairwork Keepsakes, Celia White Pearsall, Washington Township, New York, 1840 and 1844, handmade booklets, the first, dated 1840, is cloth bound with fifty-six pages, ten of which have full-page watercolor illustrations including a scene with a house, a landscape, one with a mother and child, one showing a boy, reportedly Dwight E. Pearsall, the first child of the artist, one depicting two children and a dog in a landscape, and five depicting flower blossoms; many pages are inscribed with Celia Pearsall's poetry, poems by other authors, and small watercolor illustrations, 6 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.; the second booklet signed and dated "Celia Pearsall 1844" features a watercolor illustration of a pine tree on the front cover, and a rose blossom on the back, containing fourteen pages applied with braided hairwork keepsakes inscribed with the names and dates of the donors, 6 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. Provenance: Family descent. Note: Celia (White) Pearsall was born September 1, 1817 in Cayuga County, New York. She married Ira S. Pearsall (1810-1894), in Cayuga County, on October 19, 1836. They resided in Washington Township, Macomb County, Michigan, and together had three children. Celia died May 20, 1868. Her husband was married for the second time in 1869 to Augusta V. Larkin of Macomb County, Michigan. Celia and Ira are buried in the Curtis Cemetery, Shelby Township, Macomb County, Michigan. Additional genealogy: Children of Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-06-07
